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Cognizant sues software rival Infosys over trade secrets

Cognizant earned more than $19.3 billion in revenue last year while Infosys earned more than $18.5 billion, according to company reports

August 23, 2024 / 22:39 IST
Spokespeople for Cognizant and Infosys did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the complaint
     
     
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    Software provider Cognizant TriZetto sued Indian tech company Infosys in Texas federal court on Friday, accusing Infosys of stealing trade secrets related to its healthcare insurance software.

    Cognizant said in the lawsuit, opens new tab that Infosys unlawfully extracted data from its databases and used it to build and market competing software.Spokespeople for Cognizant and Infosys did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the complaint.

    Teaneck, New Jersey-based Cognizant's software includes TriZetto's Facets and QNXT, used by healthcare insurance companies to automate administrative tasks. According to the complaint, Infosys misused TriZetto's software to create "Test Cases for Facets," which improperly repackaged TriZetto's data into an Infosys product.

    Cognizant also said Infosys broke the law by creating software to extract data from QNXT that includes confidential TriZetto information and trade secrets.Cognizant earned more than $19.3 billion in revenue last year while Infosys earned more than $18.5 billion, according to company reports.

    Cognizant won $854 million from Atos Syntel in a separate dispute over Facets trade secrets in 2020. The award was later cut and then overturned on appeal last year, though the court found that Syntel was still liable for an amount of damages to be determined.

    Reuters
    first published: Aug 23, 2024 10:39 pm

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